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it's a very, very tough case for the defense. i say that as a former criminal defense attorney in california. the video and your viewers can go and watch it and i don't generally do this, but in this case, i will. i suggest that viewers go and watch this video for themselves. it's not for children. it's not for anyone who can't handle a very, very tough video to watch. but it can be found on youtube and it's part of the public record because it was presented by the district attorney in fullerton as part of a three-day preliminary hearing. the district attorney argued that these police officers, john, should be prosecuted. you just played a short -- and you could see a very emotional powerful clip but the actual videotape of the beating and the beating, itself, went on for a very, very long time. endless minutes as this man was beaten to death. he didn't die there. he died days later in the hospital. >> you say it's imports to watch. why? >> as the jury will have to determine, because, of course, these police officers are innocent
it's a very, very tough case for the defense. i say that as a former criminal defense attorney in california. the video and your viewers can go and watch it and i don't generally do this, but in this case, i will. i suggest that viewers go and watch this video for themselves. it's not for children. it's not for anyone who can't handle a very, very tough video to watch. but it can be found on youtube and it's part of the public record because it was presented by the district attorney in...
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. >> they have the national defense authorization has come an agreement. they announced they're going to fast track it to get it done before the house leaves at the end of the week. that means none controversial things that were agreed upon with this agreement the sexual assault agreement, drones, the bear minimums to keep defense agencies running and going. >> because had they insisted on solving some of these things they wouldn't have been able to get a vote before christmas. >> it would have been a long, done out process especially in the senate where they can draw it out even longer. they get it done before christmas. >> and there had been alternative language to that language which sought to reform military sexual abuse guidelines, but not take it out of the chain of command. >> that's a set back for gillibrand. she's not going to get a vote on the language. they'll have to keep prepping for it in the new year to try to get some of that addressed by the new senate. >> and? >> it's possible. we're looking at an election year and we have to look at next
. >> they have the national defense authorization has come an agreement. they announced they're going to fast track it to get it done before the house leaves at the end of the week. that means none controversial things that were agreed upon with this agreement the sexual assault agreement, drones, the bear minimums to keep defense agencies running and going. >> because had they insisted on solving some of these things they wouldn't have been able to get a vote before christmas....
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coming up big defensively. come up big offensively. and come up big special teams. sign of a good team. the key this week will be how we handle success, and that's great and all that, but we have got to move on. we got to pull all our energy to the tigers, the top five team, and we'll pat ourselves on the back after that game. >> speaking of coaches who don't want to look ahead. urban meyer with the longest winning streak, 24 and 0 in his two-year tenure at the ohio state university. but the question is will the champion unfairly jump the buckeyes in the standings. >> i'll have a comment on sunday. we play a game. for someone to ask about something after this game, that's cheating my football team p and there will be no conversation about what happens after this game until after the game. >> reporter: all right then. we'll move to the nfl. the giants and redskins played a classic nfc match up. the giants up seven late in the fourth quarter. in a critical second and five, the pass may have been a five yarder, jeff triplet and his crew never called the chain gang out
coming up big defensively. come up big offensively. and come up big special teams. sign of a good team. the key this week will be how we handle success, and that's great and all that, but we have got to move on. we got to pull all our energy to the tigers, the top five team, and we'll pat ourselves on the back after that game. >> speaking of coaches who don't want to look ahead. urban meyer with the longest winning streak, 24 and 0 in his two-year tenure at the ohio state university. but...
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china declared its air defense zone includes the air space over them. biden made it clear that the dispute is an international concern. >> we, the united states, are deeply concerned by the attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the east china sea. >> before joe biden arrived defense officials issued a statement reaffirming china's claim on the area. >> protesters in thailand are cleaning up the mess from demonstrations. helping to tidy the street before the king's birthday. demonstrators would suspend their protest out of respect for the king, but would resume after ceremonies honouring him. they want the prime minister to resign. >>> protesters in ukraine are threatening to tighten the blockade around government buildings. they are occupying a key plaza in the capital. the demonstrators are persisting after a no confidence vote in the current government failed. we have this report from kiev. >> this was the day when the crowds marched from independence square to ukraine's parliament. this is what stopped them. if the protesters thought the p
china declared its air defense zone includes the air space over them. biden made it clear that the dispute is an international concern. >> we, the united states, are deeply concerned by the attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the east china sea. >> before joe biden arrived defense officials issued a statement reaffirming china's claim on the area. >> protesters in thailand are cleaning up the mess from demonstrations. helping to tidy the street before the king's...
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the national defense authorization act. and budget negotiations, stephanie. this is one that everyone is watching. because the last time congress couldn't come to terms we saw that government shut down back in october. they would like to get some work done now to get some ground work laid, stephanie. >> a lot of important stuff to deal with and not a lot of time. libby thank you. >>> mexican authorities are searching for a stolen truck carrying extremely dangerous radioactive material. it was taken on monday. it's not clear how much of the material was in the truck or who may have stolen it. cobalt 60 is used in cancer treatments but could also be used in a dirty bomb. >>> vice president joe biden is in china, but they haven't spoken publicly about the air defense zone over the china sea. however, there was an editorial accusing the u.s. of taking japan's side. biden and the chinese president did talk about improving relations between the two countries. >>> u.s. and other nato leaders are hoping to pressure hamid karzai to sign a bilateral peace pack. afghan
the national defense authorization act. and budget negotiations, stephanie. this is one that everyone is watching. because the last time congress couldn't come to terms we saw that government shut down back in october. they would like to get some work done now to get some ground work laid, stephanie. >> a lot of important stuff to deal with and not a lot of time. libby thank you. >>> mexican authorities are searching for a stolen truck carrying extremely dangerous radioactive...
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however that's what the defense is running with. don't forget that the defense is under no obligation at all to prove anything, therefore they can tell all the lice they want -- lies they want and they do. >> ron, i want to note you do have experience in law enforcement yourself. we want to bring in bruce whittaker, the mayor of fullerton. and he pushed for the release of the surveillance video of kelly thomas's beating. can you tell us about the impact of this video and why it is so important that it be released to the public? >> yes, thank you. the reason that i felt that release of the video, audio and video of the altercations were so important was that we received a very loud and clear signal from the public who were aghast at what had occurred and they very much were interested in particulars. and what exactly had happened. >> it is not a short video. >> no, in fact the complete video is available online on youtube. it's about 34 minutes. and i've urged some people who are very curious about what happened to gird themselves a
however that's what the defense is running with. don't forget that the defense is under no obligation at all to prove anything, therefore they can tell all the lice they want -- lies they want and they do. >> ron, i want to note you do have experience in law enforcement yourself. we want to bring in bruce whittaker, the mayor of fullerton. and he pushed for the release of the surveillance video of kelly thomas's beating. can you tell us about the impact of this video and why it is so...
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vice president that it's new air defense zone in the east china sea is within international law. they are in talks before heading to south korea. washington refusing to recognize the zone. china wants pilots to tell them their flight plans. which cover as chain of disputed islands. >> tie hand's king has urged the nation to work together for stability, in a speech delivered on hiss 86th birthday. it is likely to be a temporary reprieve. >> this was a day to fill the streets and at least try to put politics aside. tens of thousands of ties came out to see they beloved king. >> i am happy to be here celebrating his birthday, i wish he could be with us forever. >> concern grows about the health of the 86-year-old who is recorded as the father of the nation. he made a brief address and spoke of the need to insure stability. >> it's said that the king is about politics, but in thailand it is never far away. the scenes of celebration were in stark contrast for the violence on the streets last week. protestors are calming for the government to go. a truce is negotiated as a mark of resp
vice president that it's new air defense zone in the east china sea is within international law. they are in talks before heading to south korea. washington refusing to recognize the zone. china wants pilots to tell them their flight plans. which cover as chain of disputed islands. >> tie hand's king has urged the nation to work together for stability, in a speech delivered on hiss 86th birthday. it is likely to be a temporary reprieve. >> this was a day to fill the streets and at...
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you could have an incident in which one side declares an air defense zone, and the other respond aggressively in the view of the first side and you get a spiral of escalation. what is different is in the cold war we had no ties with the soviet union. they were audiologically opposed. they had a closed-off economy, they were politically and militarily opposed. with china, we depend on china. every object we pick up says made in china, and china depends on us. what we have here is a situation in which our economic interests, our political interests in many areas, our interests in solving global problems like climate change and piracy are aligned. what we need to do is create diplomatic channels that find ways to resolve the territorial issues without letting it spin out of control. if you think about world war i, nobody wanted to go to war. but, you know, there was a fascination in serbia, and as it escalated, the sort of logic of alliance meant that they ended up in a conflict. that is what secretary of state john kerry is trying to prevent. >> your foreign policy service, your greatest fame m
you could have an incident in which one side declares an air defense zone, and the other respond aggressively in the view of the first side and you get a spiral of escalation. what is different is in the cold war we had no ties with the soviet union. they were audiologically opposed. they had a closed-off economy, they were politically and militarily opposed. with china, we depend on china. every object we pick up says made in china, and china depends on us. what we have here is a situation in...
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. >> coming up - why are internet golli aths like google, amazon and microsoft coming to the defense of a website. >> and what is trending, harmeli aregawi? >> saturday will be the anniversary of one year to the sandy hook shooting. we ask whether anything's changed. join in the conversation: >> who should be responsible for what someone writes on the internet - the person that writes it or the company that hosts it. why do the companies that compete with each other band together to defend dirty.com, from a defamation suit in court. how much is at stake. what did it mean for the future of the internet. joining us from phoenix via skype is david gingras representing dirty.com and its own, and marie ann franks from the university of law and a board member of the cyber civil rights initiative. >> david, dirty.com is a gossip website letting users post gossip about anyone from celebrities to former girlfriends. sara jones sued because there was a post that she slept with a team and got an std. the jury found that the website was guilty of defamation and awarded her $338,000. what basis d
. >> coming up - why are internet golli aths like google, amazon and microsoft coming to the defense of a website. >> and what is trending, harmeli aregawi? >> saturday will be the anniversary of one year to the sandy hook shooting. we ask whether anything's changed. join in the conversation: >> who should be responsible for what someone writes on the internet - the person that writes it or the company that hosts it. why do the companies that compete with each other band...
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coming up, dozens killed in an attack on the defense ministry in yemen. >> a call for stability from tie land's king on his 86th burt day. >> claims the u.s. government gathers 5 billion records a day on mobile phone locations. >> the united nations secure council is due to vote this hour on how to deal with the escalating crisis in the central african republic. heavy fighting has broken out in the capital between muslim fighters and christians who support the ousted president. aljazeera has seen at least 25 bodies inside hospital. when rebels took over, they plunged into this situation. >> the forces say they are very much in control of the capital now and they are spaced just outside the main hospital here where the injured and dead are brought. the fighters have told us that more than a thousand militia, the vigilantes, mainly christian militia carried out the attacks this morning have been killed or run away. let's just take a look inside the hospital. you can see the injured people who are being, many mainly by doctors without borders. we have seen people with r.p.g., gunshot an
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the ministry of defense is the most important building in yemen. that's why you have the office of the president, the office of the minister of defence, and the top hierarchy of the army. this is a country that is in conflict all the time. the president has to go and talk about the situation in the north. the movement in the south, al qaeda, which has been gaining ground in the center. it's a well fortified area for us. we are the top advisors of the president. you go through tough security checks there, and it's really in a very crowded area in the very center of the town of sana. getting into that facility is almost impossible. initial reports that we are getting is that it was a coordinated attack. it was a suicide bomber targetting a gait. then fighters went through the eastern gait, and stormed the building. we were talking to officers as we speak. we are trapped and the situation is delicate. there's also a hospital there. that's where the former president was treated when he was attacked in a suicide bombing attack in the mosque. now, who co
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these troops are from japan's self defense force. under japan's constitution they can only fire to defend themselves. with japan's larger neighbor china asserting itself additionally, though, questions are being asked whether japan should rethink the role of its armed forces. and china's declaration this week of an air defense zone over the east china sea is making that discussion all the more urgent. japan's hawkish prime minister shinzo abe has been pushing mps all year to change the passivist constitution, and a national security council will meet for the first time after joe biden's visit. some hope biden's visit will herald a new stage of japan's relationship with the usa especially after china's announcement of an air defense zone. >> the united states took firm action against china's reckless behavior. it might help the relationship that is fit for true allies. >> it could not come at a more opportune time. some observers say china is forcing a transition in the region's power balance. one that has existed since the end of wor
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secretary of defense chuck hagel was in afghanistan and was told by his counterpart that the stalled security deal ll be signed in a timely fashion. it could keep intergs -- international forces in afghanistan. >> a controversial prison sentences against 21 women and girls has been reduced. they were reduced and released. >> a cold snap across much of the country is paralyzing countries. several deaths have been linked to the weather, which is bringing snow to the midwest, out the way down to texas. one person was killed when his car hit an icy patch of road and ran off a bridge. i'll be back later. "america tonight" is up next. >> hello, you are watching "america tonight", the weekend edition. our focus on the health care debate led us to wonder about those that had little to say in health care they received and no recourse to demand better. states turned over health care to private for-profit companis, promising taxpayers greater savings. as the companies cut costs the than we expect. "america tonight"s adam may investigates. >> violet is a healthy and hungry 5-month-old baby girl.
secretary of defense chuck hagel was in afghanistan and was told by his counterpart that the stalled security deal ll be signed in a timely fashion. it could keep intergs -- international forces in afghanistan. >> a controversial prison sentences against 21 women and girls has been reduced. they were reduced and released. >> a cold snap across much of the country is paralyzing countries. several deaths have been linked to the weather, which is bringing snow to the midwest, out the...
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these troops are on japan's self defense force. under japan's constitution they can only fire to defend themselves. with japan's larger neighbor china asserting itself internationally though, questions are asked whether japan should rethink the role of its armed forces. in china's declaration this week of an air defense zone over the east china sea is making that discussion all the more urgent. japan's hawkish prime minister, shinzo abe is pushing to change the pacifist accusation. national security council will meet for the first time after joe biden's visit. some hope biden's visit will herald a new stage in japan's relationship with the u.s. especially since china's announcement of its air defense zone. >> translator: the united states took very firm action against china's reckless behavior. this incident could make our relationship even closer and might establish the kind of relationship that is fit for true allies. >> the timing could not have come at a more opportune time for tokyo. in the region's power balance. one ha that
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. >> twenty-five soldiers were killed in a suicide attack at the yemen defense three. a car bomb wait went off. shortly after the bombing gunmen opened fire. no one has claimed responsibility. the interim government has had ongoing problems with al qaeda linked groups and northern rebels. >> secretary of state john kerry is meeting with the palestinian officials hoo today. nick joins us live from jerusalem with more on kerry's visit. >> kerry arrives with a huge agenda. pushing forward middle east peace. before he talks about peace he needs to reassure israel over iran. today a chummy secretary of state gave an unambiguous report, the u.s. has israel's back. >> the bond between the united states and israel is unbreakable. occasionally we may have a dinse of a tactical measure we do not have a difference about the fundamental strategy that we seek with respect to the security of israel. >> kerry us used the word ten ts in seven minutes it freezes iran's nuclear program. but kerry says they share a long term goal to dismantle their nuclear capacity. >> we'll consult clos
. >> twenty-five soldiers were killed in a suicide attack at the yemen defense three. a car bomb wait went off. shortly after the bombing gunmen opened fire. no one has claimed responsibility. the interim government has had ongoing problems with al qaeda linked groups and northern rebels. >> secretary of state john kerry is meeting with the palestinian officials hoo today. nick joins us live from jerusalem with more on kerry's visit. >> kerry arrives with a huge agenda....
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there were questions about what is a stand your ground defense. in the george zimmerman case the stand your ground defense was not used. there was a preliminary hearing available if the defense was used to throw the charges out. and as you know, i am sure you followed it it was not used in that case. it's hard to put a finger on the statistics as to how much it was used as a defense. >> it will be interesting to see what prosecutors do in this case. >> now to the release of the 911 calls from the sandy hook elementary school. we spent a lot of time discussing whether to play them. we decided not to play them. we feel there is new information from the recordings that you should know and randall pinkston has that. >> the phones in the newtown police emergency services were ringing off the hook. i heard seven calls that came in after the first shots were fired in sandy hook elementary school. at about 9:35 a flightened woman reached the dispatcher saying she was inside the school building and glimpsed someone running down the hallway with a gun: >> t
there were questions about what is a stand your ground defense. in the george zimmerman case the stand your ground defense was not used. there was a preliminary hearing available if the defense was used to throw the charges out. and as you know, i am sure you followed it it was not used in that case. it's hard to put a finger on the statistics as to how much it was used as a defense. >> it will be interesting to see what prosecutors do in this case. >> now to the release of the 911...
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we also have a lot of concerned members about defense. the next hit was going to hit solely on the military starting in january. a lot of our members were concerned about that. so what we're doing here is providing for some is he sequesn relief, and we're paying for that with permanent reforms on the auto pilot spendin spend re. >> how much does this represent an agreement between the two of you versus the agreement you know can get between both claimers. >> well, i can tell you that i've been in close contact with my leadership and a number of members since we've worked through this issue. i expect chairman ryan and my job will be the same, which is to talk to everybody about our deal and to work to get the vote. i'm confident that we won't have 100% of the senate or 100% of the house. this is a bipartisan deal. we most had to move to get to where we are today. i think what the american people ought to know is that this congress can work. people can come up together from very different corners and find common ground and bring some certai
we also have a lot of concerned members about defense. the next hit was going to hit solely on the military starting in january. a lot of our members were concerned about that. so what we're doing here is providing for some is he sequesn relief, and we're paying for that with permanent reforms on the auto pilot spendin spend re. >> how much does this represent an agreement between the two of you versus the agreement you know can get between both claimers. >> well, i can tell you...
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nonviolence strongly and it got to the point where after a mass anger and things that happened, defense, they felt they needed to take up arms to struggle against the white avry carna government that was oppressing people. i didn't mean it in a pejorative way. prison, mellowing him out, do you think nelson mandela that went into prison angry for good reasons, would have been able to have the grace that he had after prison, and when he was able to reconcile with the people who had imprisoned him for so long? >> i think so. i mean, it - i am not one of those who believes that prison was necessary. it was totally unnecessary. i'll say a story, this is in nelson mandela's book himself. when he was young and mill tant, which is what we all are when we are young, he accused my grandfather of being too close to white people. my grandfather said, "nelson mandela, i will fail you in my class if you look at people as black and white." they were talking about this in the "30s and "40s, so he was bred in the spirit of nonracialism and was angry in the sense of seeing his people butchered. deep down
nonviolence strongly and it got to the point where after a mass anger and things that happened, defense, they felt they needed to take up arms to struggle against the white avry carna government that was oppressing people. i didn't mean it in a pejorative way. prison, mellowing him out, do you think nelson mandela that went into prison angry for good reasons, would have been able to have the grace that he had after prison, and when he was able to reconcile with the people who had imprisoned him...
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south korea expanded its air defense zone to overlap with one announced by china. it goes into effect next week >> a cold snap is gripping the nation. self -- several deaths have be have been linked to the weather. >> messy conditions and airport delays. >> hundreds gathered to remember johnnon on the anniversary of his death [ singing ] >> fans met in central park to honour the former beatle. toward marking 33 years since he was shot to death outside his apartment building. people gathered at strawberry field, a favourite spot renamed in memory of him. >> michael is back with sport. nfl games are getting critical. >> there's a handful of games. people are jockeying for important position. there's only four weeks remaining in the schedule. we had teams solidifying play-offs. others are trying to call one out. both scenarios are in play as the philadelphia eels hosted the lions, the eagles entered the game tied with the cowboys. dallas hosted a tie break erg. the lions head up north. they had more than their opponent to worry about as mother nature showed up in the
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vice president that his air defense zone in the east china sea is within international law. joe biden is in budget, having talks before heading to sea. washingt washington is refusing to recognise the zone. china wants everyone to tell them flight plans when they fly through it. robert mcbride is in hong kong. >> as joe biden wrapped up a difficult and sometimes tense visit to china, it was the issue that wouldn't go away. the controversy over the air defence zone. joe biden said it was causing comprehension among joe biden's neighbours, reiterating a supposition position that they were opposed to it. he revealed in talks with yingluck shinawatra, when it came to the issue, despite the smiles and friendship that exists between the two men, he was direct in putting forward america's position. china fired back in this verbal war of words, with a comment from the foreign ministry when they said they were straight forward in outlining china's position and it was within international law for china to adopt the zone. until the end of the visit the issue dominated the proceedings.
vice president that his air defense zone in the east china sea is within international law. joe biden is in budget, having talks before heading to sea. washingt washington is refusing to recognise the zone. china wants everyone to tell them flight plans when they fly through it. robert mcbride is in hong kong. >> as joe biden wrapped up a difficult and sometimes tense visit to china, it was the issue that wouldn't go away. the controversy over the air defence zone. joe biden said it was...
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the defense lawyers were not allowed to call defense witnesses. there were all sorts of questions about the manner in which the trial was held and because of the public backlash. not just here in egypt, but internationally, because of that backlash there's an spction that even if the appeal doesn't go success reply in the girl's favour, the interim president will step in and release them. they remain in egyptian gaols. many thousands of people swept up since august, arrested by the military authorities, yet to face trials. >> let's step back and look at the big pictures. what is the impact of this, and the new curfews on the mursi supporters? >> well, in fact, strangely, the interim government here backed by the military seems to have shot itself in the foot with the protest law. in fact there has been nightly protests by muslim brotherhood supporters. they have been diminishing somewhat. and the government introduces a new protest law saying people wanting to protest must seek a mission in advance and the authorities can reject the appeal. such i
the defense lawyers were not allowed to call defense witnesses. there were all sorts of questions about the manner in which the trial was held and because of the public backlash. not just here in egypt, but internationally, because of that backlash there's an spction that even if the appeal doesn't go success reply in the girl's favour, the interim president will step in and release them. they remain in egyptian gaols. many thousands of people swept up since august, arrested by the military...
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defense secretary chuck hagel has arrived in afghanistan. the trip is part of a six day trip to the middle east. met with troops in afghanistan and bahrain and spoke about keeping u.s. soldiers in that region. >>> thousands are rallying in bangkok as the crisis deepens in thailand. the prime minister suddenly dissolved parliament and calling for new elections. earlier the country's main opposition party resigned from congress. >>> the demonstration erupted
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south korea announced an expansion of its air defense zone. the extension covering an area of the east china sea claimed by beijing and tokyo. china came under criticism for claiming part of the area. >> a cold snap has caused a few accidents. including this man in this vehicle that lost control and slid off a bridge. expected conditions and airport delays are expected from virginia to new england. >> a day of warning in south africa as the nation and the world pays tributable to nelson mandela. nelson mandela's ex-wife winnie attended a church service. president obama, george w. bush and clinton will travel to south africa for memorial services. >> we go to our correspondent at the soweto church where services wrapped up. what is significant about this church? these are some of the church members in the church listening to the service. this building was a lot of things to many people. up therefore on the painting on the wall is the painting of a great activist. we have nelson mandela, and archbishop desmond tutu. during apartheid students run
south korea announced an expansion of its air defense zone. the extension covering an area of the east china sea claimed by beijing and tokyo. china came under criticism for claiming part of the area. >> a cold snap has caused a few accidents. including this man in this vehicle that lost control and slid off a bridge. expected conditions and airport delays are expected from virginia to new england. >> a day of warning in south africa as the nation and the world pays tributable to...
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so for us nuclear weapons have no place whatsoever in our defense. all of us in this region need to unite against a nuclear program that has been a threat to this region. we have all shared this view since 1974, that we need to establish a region free from weapons of destruction in the middle east. the only regime in the middle east that has nuclear and chemical weapons, and diverts international attention from the fact that it is a violator from the mtp and international instruments on weapons of mass destruction, and a violator of the most basic human rights of the palestinians, trying to divert attention from its inhumane policies. >> many wonder what is it that prompted iran to go for the deal. under former president mahmoud ahmadinejad it was a totally different rhetoric - the west is undermining the tenants of the islamic republic of iran. suddenly there's a break through. is it because sanctions were biting into the economy or from a political perspective, architects have been undermined. it was time to show the world. >> in iran we have polit
so for us nuclear weapons have no place whatsoever in our defense. all of us in this region need to unite against a nuclear program that has been a threat to this region. we have all shared this view since 1974, that we need to establish a region free from weapons of destruction in the middle east. the only regime in the middle east that has nuclear and chemical weapons, and diverts international attention from the fact that it is a violator from the mtp and international instruments on weapons...
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on their agenda, a massive defense bill and that farm bill with controversial food stamp cuts. the budget deal would avoid a government shutdown like we lived through back in october. brian moore is in washington and brian, a very big week for lawmakers on capitol hill. >> del, i have covered washington for a lot of years. this is getting to be a holiday tradition here, washington's injury own version of beat the clock. >> congress is scrambling to get work done just as most americans be getting ready to relax for the holidays. topping the agenda, ending the budget bite that led to the government put some down. >> negotiations are making progress, moving the right direction. they haven't closed the deal. >> both sides want a budget, but the fine print has been elusive. >> the key is we don't have a government shut down, keep the spending caps in place. >> lawmakers have to wrap up a massive defense spending bill and are still wrestling over the farm bill including cuts to food stamp benefits. they're at odds on extending unemployment benefits. >> i do support the benefits for t
on their agenda, a massive defense bill and that farm bill with controversial food stamp cuts. the budget deal would avoid a government shutdown like we lived through back in october. brian moore is in washington and brian, a very big week for lawmakers on capitol hill. >> del, i have covered washington for a lot of years. this is getting to be a holiday tradition here, washington's injury own version of beat the clock. >> congress is scrambling to get work done just as most...
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. >> translator: the new korean air space defense identification zone has been modified to be in line with the country's flight information region, which does not overlap with neighboring countries. this zone includes the air space over iado's waters. >> seuol's move comes two wheys after china's surprise extension of its air identification zone encroaching on those of south korea and japan. it overlaps that of japan. the government in seuol says it won't impose the new rule until december 15th, allowing for consultation with neighbors. we believe this will not significantly impact our relationships with china and with japan as we try to work for peace and cooperation in northeast asia. >> south korea's president discussed the plans with u.s. vice president joe biden during his visit last week. the u.s. state department has declared itself on the same page as seoul. china release truck driver pictures of military exercises and says it would have nothing to do with mary tierit time jurisdiction. >> south korea has wanted to extend it's air defense zone. it leaves one part of the east c
. >> translator: the new korean air space defense identification zone has been modified to be in line with the country's flight information region, which does not overlap with neighboring countries. this zone includes the air space over iado's waters. >> seuol's move comes two wheys after china's surprise extension of its air identification zone encroaching on those of south korea and japan. it overlaps that of japan. the government in seuol says it won't impose the new rule until...
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the nets struggling big time on defense led by frank. >> it's different philosophies, that's it. it will figure out how to stop people. >> how disappointing is that considering he was your coach. you had a great relationship before this? >> it's about basketball. it's about tonight and denver. you move forward. you know, you learn. the big thing is, you know, i'm focussed and have to have the guys ready to go. >> the night is worse for the kids in the net. >> in the third nuggets flying high. up, up and away. nuggets on a 27-37 run, the nets lose again. dropping to 5 and 13 on the season. >> straight to the miami heat. lebron james won 10 straight. do i hear 11. early on. the pivotons bring in the heat. oh, my goodness, lebron tries to rally the team back, rocking up 23 points. the pivotons too tough. yep, yep, pivotons win by 10, snapping a 10-game winning streak. cleans up the mess, it wasn't enough for miami. >> marcus staying on campus. mariota bypassing a 2014 nfl draft and returns for the junior season. in the process thomas turned down millions. he wants that education. >>
the nets struggling big time on defense led by frank. >> it's different philosophies, that's it. it will figure out how to stop people. >> how disappointing is that considering he was your coach. you had a great relationship before this? >> it's about basketball. it's about tonight and denver. you move forward. you know, you learn. the big thing is, you know, i'm focussed and have to have the guys ready to go. >> the night is worse for the kids in the net. >> in...
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the defense ministry was targeted. a suicide car bomber rammed the gate on one side of the building while gunman on foot opened fire on the other side. the explosion damaged a hospital in the complex. there's been no claim of responsibility. yemen is home to one of al-qaeda's most active branches. the country under an interim government since the ouster of the president two years ago. >> the killing of a senior hezbollah commander is a latest in the series of attacks. hezbollah blames israel for the assassination, israel denies. we have more on the leader and what his death means to the region. >> in the driving rain, hezbollah prepared to put to rest one of its most senior military commanders. a funeral in the city where he grew up. in life, little was known publicly about him. in death, some background's emerging. he had been a key figure in operations against israel. his place dates back to the 1980's. he's thought to have played a big part in the 2006 war against israel. one of his sons was a fighter who died in an
the defense ministry was targeted. a suicide car bomber rammed the gate on one side of the building while gunman on foot opened fire on the other side. the explosion damaged a hospital in the complex. there's been no claim of responsibility. yemen is home to one of al-qaeda's most active branches. the country under an interim government since the ouster of the president two years ago. >> the killing of a senior hezbollah commander is a latest in the series of attacks. hezbollah blames...
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china's announcement of an air defense zone raised tensions to new levels. >> this is very delicate position. it has to strike a careful balance between reassuring and trying to restrain, you know, out of china, but trying to cooperate with china. >> biden is perhaps the best person in the current u.s. administration for doing business are china's xi jinping. even before she became president both sides nurtured the relationship between the two men. analysts question how much it will counselled, given the sensitivities of the disputes. >> xi jinping would like to take a tougher stand on foreign policy issues to shore up his popularity, and the senkakku islands or the diaoyu island islands dispute is very sensitive in chine ha. leaders cannot afterward to be weak in dealing with japan or the united states. >> biden's visit is seen as tangible evidence of the u.s. pivot. it's a strategy recovering from the recent debacle at the apec meeting of regional leaders, a meeting that the u.s. president withdrew from at the last minute because of his domestic budget crisis, leaving an assertive china to
china's announcement of an air defense zone raised tensions to new levels. >> this is very delicate position. it has to strike a careful balance between reassuring and trying to restrain, you know, out of china, but trying to cooperate with china. >> biden is perhaps the best person in the current u.s. administration for doing business are china's xi jinping. even before she became president both sides nurtured the relationship between the two men. analysts question how much it will...
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long list of items that the republicans and democrats would like to sow get tackled, including the defense spending bill and food stamps and agriculture agenda. and he's trying to push congress to extend unemployment benefits. long-term unemployment benefits set to expire on the 28th. they give 18 months of benefits to americans out of work. and if congress doesn't act it drops down to 18 months or less than that. >> christmastime is no time to tell 1 million of americans that they have lost their unemployment insurance which is what will happen if congress does not act before they leave on holiday vacation. >> now congress is on track, tony, to have a historically low number of laws put into action this year. we're looking at 60 so far. house speaker john boehner, leader of the republicans and house overall had this push back against democrats who he's blaming for the lack of action. >> the house has passed nearly 150 bills this congress that the united states senate has failed to act on. many of them would help our economy and boost job creation. nearly 150 bills passed by this house yet
long list of items that the republicans and democrats would like to sow get tackled, including the defense spending bill and food stamps and agriculture agenda. and he's trying to push congress to extend unemployment benefits. long-term unemployment benefits set to expire on the 28th. they give 18 months of benefits to americans out of work. and if congress doesn't act it drops down to 18 months or less than that. >> christmastime is no time to tell 1 million of americans that they have...
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china declared an air defense zone over the area. mr. biden said he will raise the concerns over the risk of miscalculation with chinese leaders in a few days. >>downing us to discuss the challenges vice president joe biden is facing on his mission to asia is a fellow with the asia program at the marshall fund in the u.s., a public policy think tank dedicated to transatlantic relations. thank you for joining us. the focus of these talks really dominated by this new air defense zone that china has set up, those islands are disputed between china and japan. what method does mr. biden need to bring. >> there's a difficult balance for the united states to strike on these issues. it's running into them with china again and again. in this instance, what he has to do is both reassure allies in the region without leading them to take risks that could drag the u.s. into conflict. he has to deter china from coercing its neighbors without damaging what is a hugely bilateral relationship between the u.s. and china. china's been increasingly assertiv
china declared an air defense zone over the area. mr. biden said he will raise the concerns over the risk of miscalculation with chinese leaders in a few days. >>downing us to discuss the challenges vice president joe biden is facing on his mission to asia is a fellow with the asia program at the marshall fund in the u.s., a public policy think tank dedicated to transatlantic relations. thank you for joining us. the focus of these talks really dominated by this new air defense zone that...
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claimsthe defendants that calling himself can help his defense. what is the latest? >> these a lot -- these findings came out late on friday, facing trial in january, we know that he will not testify in this case and that he intends to assert his constitutional rights, but that he did produce a 40 pages of the main deposition with the sec in which he stated he made trades in shares of wyatt since acquired by pfizer based on advice from a friend and fellow hedge fund manager. they say that this bolsters the defense and he says he wants to prove that he had nothing to do with the decision to liquidate those holdings and short sale stocks in 2008, he faces 20 years of convicted. >> so, what is in the 40 pages? >> he told as a see back in may that his trades were based on advice from a friend. wives areinner, the friendly, "he considers wayne one of the great health care paystors and said he would him $20 million per year is a consultant. >> we mentioned this is one of two cases, but the steinberg case? thise third week of trial, could be the longest cross examination ev
claimsthe defendants that calling himself can help his defense. what is the latest? >> these a lot -- these findings came out late on friday, facing trial in january, we know that he will not testify in this case and that he intends to assert his constitutional rights, but that he did produce a 40 pages of the main deposition with the sec in which he stated he made trades in shares of wyatt since acquired by pfizer based on advice from a friend and fellow hedge fund manager. they say that...
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this is also within the defense area. joe biden discussed the issue when he visited seoul, beijing, in tokyo last week. north korea has confirmed the un's uncle. jong he was seen closest to the camera. over the weekend, the shot was tighter, removing them. shot to removen a man who was the second most powerful figure. we are moments away from the latest tribe -- trade data from japan. making of ato the luxury pen. this is "first up." more in a moment. ♪ >> singapore is among the markets opening at the top of the hour. checking the latest indications. do you remember when staying in touch them and actually writing a letter with a real pen? things have changed with the rise in mobile devices. one company is holding onto tradition. hans nichols has been to montblanc to see how it survived in the digital age. the factoryves at to handle a 32,000-year-old limited edition. really uses pens in the digital age? be more notifications i get, the more i appreciate. we have a strong hunger for that. because of the complication we h
this is also within the defense area. joe biden discussed the issue when he visited seoul, beijing, in tokyo last week. north korea has confirmed the un's uncle. jong he was seen closest to the camera. over the weekend, the shot was tighter, removing them. shot to removen a man who was the second most powerful figure. we are moments away from the latest tribe -- trade data from japan. making of ato the luxury pen. this is "first up." more in a moment. ♪ >> singapore is among...
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the documents are pretty clearly contradicting in a defense here. it appears to be clear that they are exchanging hiring for business. >> there kind of a gray area here. >> there has to be a quid pro quo. it is not that companies do not do this all the time. all companies are constantly hiring people to do internships. perhaps in the hope that they get business. there is no explicit tie between the two things. that is the gray area here. at this point, we do not know. otherwise, there would be prosecutions already. thisey said that we hired guy and got this amount of revenues. whether we want to believe them or not, they have offered a defense. they say that this was a post de facto spreadsheet. they did not get that much. >> go ahead. >> mike is right. it certainly is great. i did not say it was illegal. it appears to be illegal. there are a lot of facts that we do not know. companies do this throughout the world. the problem is, while it may be a competitive problem, the united states public policy established that u.s. companies are simply not go
the documents are pretty clearly contradicting in a defense here. it appears to be clear that they are exchanging hiring for business. >> there kind of a gray area here. >> there has to be a quid pro quo. it is not that companies do not do this all the time. all companies are constantly hiring people to do internships. perhaps in the hope that they get business. there is no explicit tie between the two things. that is the gray area here. at this point, we do not know. otherwise,...
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and when he says we can raise spending for defense back to the pre-sequester level or for domestic, that is just evidence that we're going in the wrong direction. we can easily live with the sequester. it's a washington beltway lie that we can't live with $600 billion of outlays for defense, 50% more than we had in 2000 and we've had no new industrial enemies come after us since then that we can't live with 600 billion in domestic discretionary spending. again, 200 billion more than bill clinton left in real dollars today's dollars. and i don't think he was starving. >> in any deal we see out of ryan and patty murray a joke? >> it's a total joke. and i would hope that at least some of the people on the progressive side would understand if they don't get at entitlement reform and revenue raising now it's going to be far worse later. and the republicans on the tea party side would be right to reject this deal because it's nothing but a beltway scam. >> bloomer surveillance jargon alert there. david stockman using the word progressive. i believe he meant liberal. >> maybe. are people talkin
and when he says we can raise spending for defense back to the pre-sequester level or for domestic, that is just evidence that we're going in the wrong direction. we can easily live with the sequester. it's a washington beltway lie that we can't live with $600 billion of outlays for defense, 50% more than we had in 2000 and we've had no new industrial enemies come after us since then that we can't live with 600 billion in domestic discretionary spending. again, 200 billion more than bill...
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he says china's new air defense zone has caused apprehend -- apprehension in the region. the vice president wrapped up a two-day visit to the country and travels next to south korea. super bowl advertising is already sold out. executives at fox saying there was strong demand for the first new york area super bowl. the game usually sells out early january. a30-second spot reportedly sold for millions of dollars each. the rockefeller center christmas tree was lit last night. i was there. it was lovely. it took 45,000 lights to illuminate the 76-foot-high norway spruce. topped off by nine and a half foot-high swell rossi -- swa rowki arts. theour feet higher than tree and scarlet fu's the living room. >> my whole mcmansion thing. >> i didn't see it live because it took too long and i had to go to bed. >> and they have a whole ceremony. >> singing and all of that stuff. >> miley cyrus? >> i don't know. we have the morning must-read. who hasn't? >> i do. i am looking at carl icahn, a tweet that came out late yesterday. notice, gave a proposal to call a vote to increase by back
he says china's new air defense zone has caused apprehend -- apprehension in the region. the vice president wrapped up a two-day visit to the country and travels next to south korea. super bowl advertising is already sold out. executives at fox saying there was strong demand for the first new york area super bowl. the game usually sells out early january. a30-second spot reportedly sold for millions of dollars each. the rockefeller center christmas tree was lit last night. i was there. it was...
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. >> house defense chairman buck mccann, he wants $20 billion more, because defense gets killed in the sequestration. he has defense hawks that will vote against it if they don't get their $20 billion and that means john boehner doesn't have 218 votes. >> he may not have 218 votes, but look, any accommodation you make like that from -- to assist the defense is going to squeeze the other end of the balloon which is domestic. you are going to need votes in order to pass this. you have to get it through the senate. it is austan goolsbee, the former chief economic adviser to the president called the emerging deal not even a baby deal. he called it an embryonic stem cell sized deal, but we don't know for sure that this congress can get that done. >> i heard that too. and also, john, last up, there's a whole bunch of discussions about revenues going on which makes a lot of republicans unhappy. but co-pay for federal employee pension funds is one of the big sticking points. apparently over ten years worth $130 billion. democrats hate it. republicans want it. is that going to get in the way? >
. >> house defense chairman buck mccann, he wants $20 billion more, because defense gets killed in the sequestration. he has defense hawks that will vote against it if they don't get their $20 billion and that means john boehner doesn't have 218 votes. >> he may not have 218 votes, but look, any accommodation you make like that from -- to assist the defense is going to squeeze the other end of the balloon which is domestic. you are going to need votes in order to pass this. you have...
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the defense hawks and others will not permit the sequester to go through. is that fair? is that correct? >> that's the information i'm hearing. we're all getting on the airplanes tonight and heading back to d.c. to start this actual discussion tomorrow morning. hopefully by midday tomorrow, we'll know what the real facts are and actually where the votes are starting to lay. >> jared, what i also gather is they're going to move some spending accounts around. not going to get into appropriations minutia. that's all going to be shifted around. but it is interesting, once they get that done and once the defense appropriations goes up some, they're looking at semiinteresting stuff here. higher co-pays for federal pension system, maybe higher fees for the guarantees of that system, maybe fannie and freddie have to pay more. aviation security is going to have a user fee slapped on it. maybe the spectrum rights will be sold. jared, you and i and dave have been around a while. we've heard these things before. is this stuff actually going to get done? >> these are fees that have e
the defense hawks and others will not permit the sequester to go through. is that fair? is that correct? >> that's the information i'm hearing. we're all getting on the airplanes tonight and heading back to d.c. to start this actual discussion tomorrow morning. hopefully by midday tomorrow, we'll know what the real facts are and actually where the votes are starting to lay. >> jared, what i also gather is they're going to move some spending accounts around. not going to get into...
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for example, defensive stocks leading. banks and auto weak. the challenge for professional asset allocators is not to read too much into that. not too make too much into one day's action. >> dan we're going back and forth about this earlier, but is there a first day of the month gauge, in other words, the fact we were down yesterday, the fact we're down today, does that tell you something here? >> no. i think there's a lot of statistical incision here alal insignificant. >> if you look back september 2012 first two days of the month were down and the rest of the month was up 2.4%. there's no correlation there. i expect whatever happens in december has no bearing on these first -- it's not related -- >> if it's not about, you know the timing in terms of the month, if it's not -- if we shouldn't read too much into the last couple of trading sessions, where should we look right now for guidance? >> look at what happened today? one, europe down. very hard in the morning. actually going into the close. we found out the reason for that. that was bec
for example, defensive stocks leading. banks and auto weak. the challenge for professional asset allocators is not to read too much into that. not too make too much into one day's action. >> dan we're going back and forth about this earlier, but is there a first day of the month gauge, in other words, the fact we were down yesterday, the fact we're down today, does that tell you something here? >> no. i think there's a lot of statistical incision here alal insignificant. >> if...
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materials, consumers and financials and defensive names, staples and utilities to the upside. not surprisingly when you get a down day some of the high beta names are to the downside so, for example, biotechs have had a great run. your big leadership in biotechs. you can see all of them down 2 to 3%. melissa, brian, back to you. >> thanks so much. today's red arrows a green a buy? guys great to have you with us. >> thanks for having us. >> want to start off with you, mark, you're in key corp, up 49% year to date. i'm curious because this is a day where we're seeing pronounced weakness in financials. seems to be a push/pull in the markets where we get good news, taper is back on the table, that should be good for bank stock because the yield curve would be steepening and see the weakness not just today but in yesterday's session. >> exactly. you know what, we're not as kernz as a firm as to what happens on a day-to-day basis but looking out over the course of three to five years to identify those stocks which are poised to really produce the best risk adjusted returns for our c
materials, consumers and financials and defensive names, staples and utilities to the upside. not surprisingly when you get a down day some of the high beta names are to the downside so, for example, biotechs have had a great run. your big leadership in biotechs. you can see all of them down 2 to 3%. melissa, brian, back to you. >> thanks so much. today's red arrows a green a buy? guys great to have you with us. >> thanks for having us. >> want to start off with you, mark,...
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republicans and some democrats including chuck hagel at the pentagon who don't like the level of defense spending the way it's squeezed by the budget sequester and it gets squeezed more in 2014 by the sequester proportionately than domestic programs do. that gives some impetus for republicans to go along. democrats are raising the caps by an equal amount on the domestic side of the budget. these are things, priorities the democrats have for social programs, republicans have for defense, which are getting relieved and stitching together solutions to fill in the gaps financially even at a little deficit reduction on top of that, things like raising the fees for airline companies pay for for airport security, that's on the revenue side and on the spending side, curbing federal retirement which some lawmakers don't like but it's a way to get some money. >> jon, thanks for the update. appreciate it very much. john harwood. ty, up to you. >> herbal life may be turning the tables on the hedge fund titan bill ackman. plus, this brings new meaning to the term ski out. how the middle class are get
republicans and some democrats including chuck hagel at the pentagon who don't like the level of defense spending the way it's squeezed by the budget sequester and it gets squeezed more in 2014 by the sequester proportionately than domestic programs do. that gives some impetus for republicans to go along. democrats are raising the caps by an equal amount on the domestic side of the budget. these are things, priorities the democrats have for social programs, republicans have for defense, which...
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we got cyclical groups, the telecomes, health care, defensive groups. we're up right across the board, folks. it's been a very strong rally right at the open but not strong inform a mr. one guy said it threads the needle perfectly. people putting together a list of what the skmik news looks like this week. here's a look for the bulls, gdp numbers very strong overall. auto sales, over 16 million, the highest in six years here. october home sales were the highest since june 2008. highest in manufacturing, highest in two and a half years and cyber sales were up 20% on monday. >> we talked about the lower, disappointing numbers this week. earlier home sales reports were disappointing. retail reports have been generally disappointing this week. it's not unequivocal. if you throw in a budget deal, you can make the argument that the more defensive names have been the lagard group so far on the month. the market is suggesting there is that this rily is so strong at the hope that there's not a lot of ep side room right now. and you trickle down throughout the da
we got cyclical groups, the telecomes, health care, defensive groups. we're up right across the board, folks. it's been a very strong rally right at the open but not strong inform a mr. one guy said it threads the needle perfectly. people putting together a list of what the skmik news looks like this week. here's a look for the bulls, gdp numbers very strong overall. auto sales, over 16 million, the highest in six years here. october home sales were the highest since june 2008. highest in...
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news, lawmakers are proposing a compromised defense bill that would reduce spending on missile defense by $358 million to $9.5 billion. it would mandate an additional homeland defense radar system and increase funding for u.s. israeli cooperative efforts. leaders of the senate and house armed services committee are calling for a measure at least by the end of the year. and a new study says its stake tax revenue growth peaked earlier this year. preliminary figures softened significantly. gains in the first half of the year were led by western states, andrew. >> thank you. thank you very much. >>> the other big news of the morning, the volcker rule. regulators are about to sign off on the volcker rule after five years. kate kelly joins us now with this story which has been a long time in the making. >> good morning to you, andrew. it's been three years since the dodd frank rule was passed, 3 1/2 and a lot over 2 years as we saw a publicly available position on this volcker rule. based on the leaks we're hearing about the big this morning within one, is there's this sort of ban on portfol
news, lawmakers are proposing a compromised defense bill that would reduce spending on missile defense by $358 million to $9.5 billion. it would mandate an additional homeland defense radar system and increase funding for u.s. israeli cooperative efforts. leaders of the senate and house armed services committee are calling for a measure at least by the end of the year. and a new study says its stake tax revenue growth peaked earlier this year. preliminary figures softened significantly. gains...
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>> president obama is trying to get out of the defensive crouch he's been with the struggles over the healthcare.gov website. now that the administration believes it has turned around that website, it's trying to go on offense and stalk about his economic agenda for narrowing income inequality. part of that is health care itself. part of that is investments and infrastructure and education. part of it, as the president said in the speech today at center for american progress, is a raise in the minimum wage. >> last month voters in new jersey decided to be the 20th state to raise theirs even hi high higher. that's why the d.c. council decided to do it, too. i agree with those voters. i'm going to keep pushing until we get a higher minimum wage for hard working americans across the entire country. >> note, president obama invoked new jersey, the state of governor chris christie, who may be a republican candidate for president in 2016. this is a difficult goal to accomplish because many republicans, even though the president disputes this argument, make the ar umeguments is going to cost
>> president obama is trying to get out of the defensive crouch he's been with the struggles over the healthcare.gov website. now that the administration believes it has turned around that website, it's trying to go on offense and stalk about his economic agenda for narrowing income inequality. part of that is health care itself. part of that is investments and infrastructure and education. part of it, as the president said in the speech today at center for american progress, is a raise...
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a deal signed by the china technology could undermine washington defense ties with seoul senators feinstein and menende znchts a letter from the senator expressing concerns about the selection to build a broad band net work for a unit of south carolina lg. washington has long objected expanding businesses in the u.s. this is an unusual example of u.s. politicians making an issue of the chinese companies investment offer shore. >>> wal-mart is reportedly paying lawyers more than 30 executives in the investigation. this is an unusually high number and shows the depth of the federal probe. the doj is investigating whether wal-mart paid bribes to obtain permits to open stores there. the government is also looking into possible misconduct by the retailer in brazil, china and india. the stock market has been pulling back from record levels this week with dow closing below the 16,000 level yesterday. it has people asking if the taper is returning and how important this morning's adp job report may be. joining us, bank investment manager in boston, and quantitative manager associates, ed. you think
a deal signed by the china technology could undermine washington defense ties with seoul senators feinstein and menende znchts a letter from the senator expressing concerns about the selection to build a broad band net work for a unit of south carolina lg. washington has long objected expanding businesses in the u.s. this is an unusual example of u.s. politicians making an issue of the chinese companies investment offer shore. >>> wal-mart is reportedly paying lawyers more than 30...